Still emptying the shelves… now Atari, Colecovision, Commodore 64

I’m still in the process of emptying my home of all my gaming products that I don’t have use for, and of course this money will largely go toward buying more. Ending in the next day or so, I have auctions up on eBay: lots of Commodore 64, Atari 2600, and even Colecovision games. As always, [...]

Castlevania ports for DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga all use the same manual

I was excited to receive my copy of Castlevania for MS-DOS in the mail, but surprised by one thing: the manual is a universal one, with instructions for all three of the home computer ports of the game. This includes the boot instructions as well as the controls. When I boot the game, it asks me [...]

The stakes get higher, and the blog loses again

I was holding my breath today while standing in line for an hour at the post office. Why? Because while I was there, my sniping service was throwing an ungodly amount of money at a copy of Castlevania for Commodore 64 on eBay. Determined not to lose out this time, as this is only the second [...]

Where to begin the search for Castlevania for DOS, C64 and Amiga?

I’ve mentioned the DOS post of Castlevania a couple of times before, most notably in an article about how to play it on your modern home computers. However, when one wants a collection of video games, one needs the games, not copies of them. As a result, I’ve begun my search for the last three Castlevania [...]